October 2025
Investigating the hidden effects of zero gravity on astronaut vision
...(those who served more than three months) had visual complaints confirmed by objective research methods [Risk of Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome, 2017]. Almost all exhibited the following symptoms: Reduction in near vision (hypermetropic...
10 February 2016
Spaceflight Awarded First GSA Schedule Contract for Satellite Launch Services
... and the U.S. Air Force,” said Blake. “Receiving the GSA contract is a significant endorsement not only for Spaceflight, but for the next generation of launch providers dedicated to helping more organisations increase their understanding of our...
22 June 2020
Virgin Galactic announces an agreement with NASA for private orbital spaceflight to the ISS
..., but also offer our space training infrastructure to NASA and other agencies. Based on the unsurpassed levels of spaceflight customer commitments we have secured to date, we are proud to share that insight in helping to grow another market for...
19 October 2015
Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko, long-duration spaceflight and the human body
...of what we already know about the effects of long-term spaceflight can be found on the National Space Biomedical Research Institute’s ...more innovative technology that will offset the effects of long spaceflight should we ever hope to set foot on Mars ...
August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
... flight in 1962. He made America’s first manned Earth-orbital spaceflight completing three orbits of Earth. “It all started when I saw... joke by NASA astronaut Cady Coleman during her first spaceflight (STS-73) didn’t preclude her from a further Space...
May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
...consequent devastating inflation, Iran is on the verge of an economic abyss. Space analyst Henk Smid describes how Iranian spaceflight is entangled with international policy towards Iran’s nuclear and armament aspirations. Since the early 1970s, Iran...
